Category: 2013 Reading

February 24, 2013

2013 Reading: Twilight of the Elites by Christopher Hayes

Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy by Christopher Hayes is the selection for February for our Reading Liberally Book Club. (We meet monthly to…
February 22, 2013

2013 Reading: Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer

Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer is one of a kind. That’s one of the things I look for in a book. Have I read…
February 6, 2013

2013 Reading: The Round House by Louise Erdrich

The Round House by Louise Erdrich won the National Book Award in 2012. I haven’t read the other finalists, so I can say whether I…
February 4, 2013

2013 Reading: Red Gold by Alan Furst

Red Gold by Alan Furst was a surprise to me because I’ve never read Furst before, although I’ve heard of him. This novel tells the story…
January 29, 2013

2013 Reading: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut is something I know I should have read a long time ago. I read some Vonnegut when I was…
January 23, 2013

2013 Reading: Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt

Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt achieves what it sets out to do, and that’s really all you can ask of a book. It doesn’t…
January 23, 2013

2013 Reading: Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers by Robert Sapolsky

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Third Edition by Robert Sapolsky. This might seem like an odd choice for me, but it was book club’s selection…
January 20, 2013

2013 Reading: The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich

The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich has changed my  mind about this author. A few years ago, I read another of her novels and found it…
January 20, 2013

2013 Reading: How to Write a Sentence by Stanley Fish

How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One by Stanley Fish: The book isn’t nearly as enlightening as I’d hoped. At the outset,…
January 19, 2013

2013 Reading: The Hours by Michael Cunningham

I’ve had The Hours by Michael Cunningham on my shelf for a long time—I have it in hardcover, if that’s an indication—and it was…